 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 strani
...how great a task he undertakes : for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words , that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man , I take it for granted there would be as much... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 strani
...neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves, than to have others so. XI. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. xn. Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 strani
...neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves, than to have others so. XI. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. XII. Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 strani
...the world in skilful hands ; in unskilful , most mischievous. A man should never be ashamed to own be has been in the wrong ; which is but saying in other words , that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man , I take it for... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 254 strani
...skilful hinds ; in unskilful, the most mischievous. A man should never be ashamed to own he ha.sb;en in the wrong ; which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser to-day lhan he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal «f gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 strani
...powerful and excellent things in the world in skilful bands ; Lu unskil(pljTOcrst mischievous. D 2 ,A man should never be ashamed to own he has been...the wrong ; which is but saying in other words, that lie is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man,... | |
 | 1810 - 570 strani
...want of readier change. ' A man should never he ashamed to own he has been in the wrong ; which it but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. • Every man has juat as much vanity as he wants understanding. ' To relieve the oppressed is the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 322 strani
...others, is neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves than to have others so. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by shewing its faults; as when a stream discovers... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 412 strani
...willing to be fools ourselves than to have others so. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been iu the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us weaker... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 strani
...powerful and excellent things in the world in skilful hands j in unskilful, the most mischievous. 7. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 8. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor Kian, I take it for granted there would be as... | |
| |
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 
